[h5py] 285/455: Update .create

[Ghislain Vaillant]

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commit ca5597555934b2dc08ea82fc36a5927deb5c29ce
Author: andrewcollette <andrew.collette at gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Jun 18 20:23:43 2009 +0000

    Update .create
---
 docs/source/guide/attr.rst | 7 +++----
 h5py/highlevel.py          | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/source/guide/attr.rst b/docs/source/guide/attr.rst
index 1394c81..db9ae5e 100644
--- a/docs/source/guide/attr.rst
+++ b/docs/source/guide/attr.rst
@@ -34,16 +34,15 @@ Reference
 
         Delete an attribute.
 
-    .. method:: create(name, data=None, shape=None, dtype=None)
+    .. method:: create(name, data, shape=None, dtype=None)
 
-        Create an attribute, optionally initializing it.
+        Create an attribute, initializing it to the given value.
 
         name
             Name of the new attribute (required)
 
         data
-            An array to initialize the attribute. 
-            Required unless "shape" is given.
+            An array to initialize the attribute. Required.
 
         shape
             Shape of the attribute.  Overrides data.shape if both are
diff --git a/h5py/highlevel.py b/h5py/highlevel.py
index ec60425..04face9 100644
--- a/h5py/highlevel.py
+++ b/h5py/highlevel.py
@@ -1194,6 +1194,8 @@ class AttributeManager(_LockableObject, _DictCompat):
             if shape is None:
                 raise ValueError('At least one of "shape" or "data" must be given')
 
+            data = data.reshape(shape)
+
             space = h5s.create_simple(shape)
             htype = h5t.py_create(dtype, logical=True)
 

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